Sweet Thai Chili Salmon
with Zesty Rice & Roasted Broccoli
- Fish
- Soy
- Wheat
- Milk
The pan sauce on tonight’s pork is sweeeet (and spicy). Our chefs combined sweet Thai chili sauce with ponzu, shallot, lime, and butter—a winning combination drizzled atop juicy pork filets. You’ll whip up a pot of fluffy zesty rice and pair with crisp roasted broccoli on the side for a restaurant-worthy meal.
Ingredients
1 unit
Broccoli
1 unit
Shallot
1 unit
Lime
¼ ounce
Cilantro
½ cup
Jasmine Rice
10 ounce
Salmon
(Contains: Fish)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
6 milliliters
Ponzu Sauce
(Contains: Fish, Soy, Wheat)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
1 tablespoon
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces if necessary. Halve, peel, and mince shallot. Zest and quarter lime. Roughly chop cilantro.
• In a small pot, combine rice, ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4 servings), and a big pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, pat pork* dry with paper towels; season all over with salt and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and sear, turning occasionally, until browned all over, 4-8 minutes (it’ll finish cooking in the next step). Remove pan from heat. • Transfer pork to one side of a baking sheet.
Swap in chicken or salmon for pork. Cook chicken until cooked through, 4-6 minutes per side, or cook salmon (skin sides down) until skin is crisp, 5-7 minutes, then flip and cook until cooked through, 1-2 minutes more. Transfer to a cutting board to rest. (Skip roasting!)
• Toss broccoli on opposite side of sheet from pork with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. • Roast on top rack until pork is cooked through and broccoli is browned and tender, 10-12 minutes. • Once pork is done, transfer to a cutting board to rest for 5 minutes.
Season broccoli and spread across entire sheet; roast as instructed.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for pork over medium-high heat. Add shallot; cook until softened and slightly browned, 1-2 minutes. • Stir in stock concentrate, chili sauce, ponzu, and ¼ cup water (1/3 cup for 4 servings). Bring to a simmer and cook until slightly reduced, 2-3 minutes. • Stir in a big squeeze of lime juice to taste. Remove pan from heat; stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4) until melted.
• Thinly slice pork crosswise. • Fluff rice with a fork; stir in lime zest and half the cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. • Divide rice, broccoli, and pork between plates. Top pork with pan sauce. Garnish everything with remaining cilantro. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.
Thinly slice chicken crosswise; skip slicing salmon.
Salmon is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The sweet Thai chili pan sauce was a standout hit, delivering bold, restaurant-worthy flavor that tied the whole dish together.
- Ease of prep: First-time salmon cooks found the recipe approachable and straightforward, with clear steps that built confidence in the kitchen.
- Suggestions: A few reviewers felt the sauce was a touch too sweet; adding a squeeze of extra lime juice can help balance it. Some also wished for more sauce to drizzle over the broccoli.
- Leftovers: No specific leftover feedback was provided by reviewers.
Reviews from our home cooks
SERIOUSLY DELICIOUS. Restaurant quality, over the top taste for such a simple recipe. Nutritious. All ingredients arrived absolutely fresh and portioned exactly right for 3 adults plus leftover for a lunch tomorrow. Will select this one again in future!
Loved the sweet chili sauce that went over everything, it was very flavorful.
First time cooking salmon and HelloFresh made it easy! So yummy!
Very good! Would make again! I added extra rice and broccoli. There was not enough broccoli or rice for 2 people. Otherwise the meal was delicious!
Instructions overcooked the salmon, and undercooked the broccoli a bit.
I would have liked more sauce to put on the broccoli
Everything was good, the sauce really made it. However, the salmon was very fishy smelling.
